When was the last time you replaced ALL your fuel hoses?, How long has it been?! Options

[VaccaRabite]

Over the past few weeks I've been replacing my fuel hoses.

Well, it started 2 years ago when I put in the new engine, I decided it was a good idea to replace all the engine bay fuel lines, even though the hoses there had "just been replaced".

While doing my brake master earlier this month I chose to pull the gas tank and just do the res hoses on my work bench. Which exposed all my under tank gas lines. Those are still new, right? I replaced those not long ago. 2014? Oh crap those are 10 years old.

And what does "new" gas line look like? Mostly fine, except where it had dry-rotted and was weeping fuel. And this was not cheap hose. This was expensive Continental SAE 30r9 injection hose.

So I replaced it all. Put the tank back in. Backed the car out into the drive way and just let it idle while I looked for leaks. Found a leak under the engine bay. I forgot about the hoses that went from the center tunnel to the engine compartment hard lines. And while wiggling my tunnel hard line I had opened up a dry rot crack. So I got more 30r9 fuel line and replaced those lines. Now I'm leak free.

I bet a LOT OF YOU have fuel lines older then a decade. If you aren't sure, then its time. Replace your fuel lines! Fire is BAD.

Zach

[Freezin 914]

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A great reminder! Thank you….

Hopefully this isn’t like an oil thread….
I see you used continental, is gates up to par??? Most places around me stock gates.

[VaccaRabite]

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A great reminder! Thank you….

Hopefully this isn’t like an oil thread….
I see you used continental, is gates up to par??? Most places around me stock gates.

This time around I used Evil Energy brand. Their hoses marked SAE 30r9 are rated to 300PSI.

Continental and Gates are both solid choices - just really expensive. I looked at buying Gates hose and the FLAPS wanted to sell it to me by the inch.

I figure as long as the hose is marked with the SEA it should be good to go. 30r9 is the right stuff for fuel injection using ethanol fuel.

Interestingly, evil energy also marks their 30r7 hose (low pressure for carb applications under 50psi) at 300 psi. Which for me would mean that its not 30r7. But, who knows. Its very well reviewed, and seems like a very high quality hose when I installed it.

Zach